Common use of Equivalencies Clause in Contracts

Equivalencies. For the purpose of assigning teaching workload to members of the bargaining unit pursuant to the provisions of this Article, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall mean not more than a fifty (50)-minute period nor less than a forty-five (45)-minute period of classroom instruction for one (1) fifteen (15)- or sixteen (16)-week semester or the equivalent (inclusive of weeks during which examinations are given) by a member of the bargaining unit in a lecture, recitation or seminar or such number of contact hours as is the equivalent of the same, as is hereinafter provided, in modes of instruction that require longer periods of time. Whenever multiples, including fractional multiples, of such fifty (50)- minute periods are used at any University, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall, in any event, mean a forty-five (45)- to fifty (50)-minute component of such multiple or fractional multiple. (Lecture, recitation and seminar courses at Framingham State University shall be deemed to carry four (4) semester hours of credit of instruction.) For the purposes of this Article, a "contact hour" shall mean a sixty (60)-minute period; provided, however, that when two (2) or more contact hours are scheduled consecutively for any mode of instruction that is measured with reference to contact hours, then the last contact hour so scheduled shall be a fifty (50)-minute period. Such equivalent modes shall be computed as follows: Mode of Instruction Contact Hours Equivalent to Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction Laboratory Instruction 1 0.67 Physical Education: Activities Courses 1 0.50 Shop Instruction 1 0.67 Studio Instruction 1 0.67 Critique 1 1 Nursing/Allied Health Clinical 1 0.67 Number of Students per Course Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction Cooperative Education 1 0.17 Field Work Supervision and Internships 1 0.33 Independent and Directed Study (3 or 4 credits) 1 0.25 Independent and Directed Study (1 credit) 1 0.083 Teacher Education Practicum/Internship Supervision 1 0.50 Honors Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Graduate Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Course by Arrangement (3 or 4 credits) 1 0.3 Course by Arrangement

Equivalencies. For the purpose of assigning teaching workload to members of the bargaining unit pursuant to the provisions of this Article, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall mean not more than a fifty (50)-minute period nor less than a forty-five (45)-minute period of classroom instruction for one (1) fifteen (15)- or sixteen (16)-week semester or the equivalent (inclusive of weeks during which examinations are given) by a member of the bargaining unit in a lecture, recitation or seminar or such number of contact hours as is the equivalent of the same, as is hereinafter provided, in modes of instruction that require longer periods of time. Whenever multiples, including fractional multiples, of such fifty (50)- minute periods are used at any University, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall, in any event, mean a forty-five (45)- to fifty (50)-minute component of such multiple or fractional multiple. (Lecture, recitation and seminar courses at Framingham State University shall be deemed to carry four (4) semester hours of credit of instruction.) For the purposes of this Article, a "contact hour" shall mean a sixty (60)-minute period; provided, however, that when two (2) or more contact hours are scheduled consecutively for any mode of instruction that is measured with reference to contact hours, then the last contact hour so scheduled shall be a fifty (50)-minute period. Such equivalent modes shall be computed as follows: Mode of Instruction Contact Hours Equivalent to Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction CONTACT EQUIVALENT SEMESTER HOURS OF CREDIT OF MODE OF INSTRUCTION HOURS TO INSTRUCTION Laboratory Instruction 1 0.67 Physical Education: Activities Courses 1 0.50 Shop Instruction 1 0.67 Studio Instruction 1 0.67 Critique 1 1 Nursing/Allied Health Clinical 1 0.67 Number of Students per Course Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER COURSE Cooperative Education 1 0.17 Field Work Supervision and Internships 1 0.33 Independent and Directed Study and Course by Arrangement (3 or 4 credits) 1 0.25 Independent and Directed Study and Course by Arrangement (1 credit) 1 0.083 Teacher Education Practicum/Internship Supervision 1 0.50 Honors Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Graduate Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Course 1 This item shall have effect upon the commencement of the spring instructional period of 2011; it shall apply to the supervision of a thesis when such supervision is provided independently of the teaching of a course of which the thesis is a part. Whenever at any University there exists, on the date of the execution of this Agreement, a practice of permitting an instructor (but solely by Arrangement (3 mutual agreement between the University and such instructor) to teach, for a pro-rated stipend, a course that the University would have cancelled by reason of under-enrollment, such practice may continue, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit or 4 credits) 1 0.3 Course by Arrangementnegate that practice.

Equivalencies. For the purpose of assigning teaching workload to members of the bargaining unit pursuant to the provisions of this Article, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall mean not more than a fifty (50)-minute period nor less than a forty-five (45)-minute period of classroom instruction for one (1) fifteen (15)- or sixteen (16)-week semester or the equivalent (inclusive of weeks during which examinations are given) by a member of the bargaining unit in a lecture, recitation or seminar or such number of contact hours as is the equivalent of the same, as is hereinafter provided, in modes of instruction that require longer periods of time. Whenever multiples, including fractional multiples, of such fifty (50)- minute periods are used at any UniversityCollege, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall, in any event, mean a forty-five (45)- to fifty (50)-minute component of such multiple or fractional multiple. (Lecture, recitation and seminar courses at Framingham State University College shall be deemed to carry four (4) semester hours of credit of instruction.) For the purposes of this Article, a "contact hour" shall mean a sixty (60)-minute period; provided, however, that when two (2) or more contact hours are scheduled consecutively for any mode of instruction that is measured with reference to contact hours, then the last contact hour so scheduled shall be a fifty (50)-minute period. Such equivalent modes shall be computed as follows: Mode of Instruction Contact Hours Equivalent to Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction CONTACT EQUIVALENT SEMESTER HOURS OF CREDIT OF MODE OF INSTRUCTION HOURS TO INSTRUCTION Laboratory Instruction 1 0.67 Physical Education: Activities Courses 1 0.50 Shop Instruction 1 0.67 Studio Instruction 1 0.67 Critique 1 1 Nursing/Allied Health Clinical 1 0.67 Number of Students per Course Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER COURSE Cooperative Education 1 0.17 Field Work Supervision and Internships 1 0.33 Independent and Directed Study and Course by Arrangement (3 or 4 credits) 1 0.25 Independent and Directed Study and Course by Arrangement (1 credit) 1 0.083 Teacher Education Practicum/Internship Supervision 1 0.50 Honors Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Graduate Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Course 1 This item shall have effect upon the commencement of the spring instructional period of 2011; it shall apply to the supervision of a thesis when such supervision is provided independently of the teaching of a course of which the thesis is a part. Whenever at any College there exists, on the date of the execution of this Agreement, a practice of permitting an instructor (but solely by Arrangement (3 mutual agreement between the College and such instructor) to teach, for a pro-rated stipend, a course that the College would have cancelled by reason of under-enrollment, such practice may continue, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit or 4 credits) 1 0.3 Course by Arrangementnegate that practice.

Equivalencies. For the purpose of assigning teaching workload to members of the bargaining unit pursuant to the provisions of this Article, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall mean not more than a fifty (50)-minute period nor less than a forty-five (45)-minute period of classroom instruction for one (1) fifteen (15)- or sixteen (16)-week semester or the equivalent (inclusive of weeks during which examinations are given) by a member of the bargaining unit in a lecture, recitation or seminar or such number of contact hours as is the equivalent of the same, as is hereinafter provided, in modes of instruction that require longer periods of time. (Whenever multiples, including fractional multiples, of such fifty (50)- minute periods are used at any UniversityCollege, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall, in any event, mean a forty-five (45)- to fifty (50)-minute component of such multiple or fractional multiple. (Lecture, recitation and seminar courses at Framingham State University College shall be deemed to carry four (4) semester hours of credit of instruction.) For the purposes of this Article, a "contact hour" shall mean a sixty (60)-minute period; provided, however, that when two (2) or more contact hours are scheduled consecutively for any mode of instruction that is measured with reference to contact hours, then the last contact hour so scheduled shall be a fifty (50)-minute period. Such equivalent modes shall be computed as follows: Mode of Instruction Contact Hours Equivalent to Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction CONTACT RATIO SEMESTER HOURS OF CREDIT OF MODE OF INSTRUCTION HOURS TO INSTRUCTION Laboratory Instruction 1 0.67 Physical Education: Activities Courses 1 0.50 Shop Instruction 1 0.67 Studio Instruction 1 0.67 Critique 1 1 Nursing/Allied Health Clinical 1 0.67 Number of Students per Course Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER COURSE Cooperative Education 1 0.17 Field Work Supervision 1 and Internships 1 0.33 Independent and 1 Directed Study (3 or 4 credits) 1 0.25 Independent and Directed Study (1 credit) 1 0.083 Teacher Education Practicum/Internship Supervision 1 0.50 Honors Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Graduate Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Course by Arrangement (3 or 4 credits) 0.25 Independent and 1 0.3 Directed Study and Course by ArrangementArrangement (1 credit) 0.083 Teacher Education 1 Practicum/Internship Supervision 0.50 Whenever at any College there exists, on the date of the execution of this Agreement, a practice of permitting an instructor (but solely by mutual agreement between the College and such instructor) to teach, for a pro-rated stipend, a course that the College would have cancelled by reason of under-enrollment, such practice may continue, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit or negate it.

Equivalencies. For the purpose of assigning teaching workload to members of the bargaining unit pursuant to the provisions of this Article, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall mean not more than a fifty (50)-minute period nor less than a forty-five (45)-minute period of classroom instruction for one (1) fifteen (15)- or sixteen (16)-week semester or the equivalent (inclusive of weeks during which examinations are given) by a member of the bargaining unit in a lecture, recitation or seminar or such number of contact hours as is the equivalent of the same, as is hereinafter provided, in modes of instruction that require longer periods of time. (Whenever multiples, including fractional multiples, of such fifty (50)- minute 50)-minute periods are used at any UniversityCollege, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall, in any event, mean a forty-five (45)- to fifty (50)-minute component of such multiple or fractional multiple. (Lecture, recitation and seminar courses at Framingham State University College shall be deemed to carry four (4) semester hours of credit of instruction.) For the purposes of this Article, a "contact hour" shall mean a sixty (60)-minute period; provided, however, that when two (2) or more contact hours are scheduled consecutively for any mode of instruction that is measured with reference to contact hours, then the last contact hour so scheduled shall be a fifty (50)-minute period. Such equivalent modes shall be computed as follows: Mode of Instruction Contact Hours Equivalent to Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction Laboratory Instruction 1 0.67 SEMESTER HOURS CONTACT RATIO OF CREDIT OF MODE OF INSTRUCTION HOURS TO INSTRUCTION Physical Education: Activities Courses 2 1 0.50 Shop Instruction 1 0.67 3 2 Studio Instruction 1 0.67 3 2 Critique 1 1 Nursing/Allied Health Clinical 1 0.67 Number of Students per Course Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction 3 2 NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER COURSE Cooperative Education 6 1 0.17 Field Work Supervision and Internships 3 1 0.33 Independent and Directed Study (3 or 4 credits) 4 1 0.25 Independent and Directed Study (1 credit) 12 1 0.083 Teacher Education Practicum/Internship Supervision 1 0.50 Honors Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Graduate Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Course by Arrangement (3 or 4 credits) 4 1 0.3 Course by ArrangementArrangement (1 credit) 12 1 Teacher Education Practicum/Internship Supervision 2 1 Whenever at any College there exists, on the date of the execution of this Agreement, a practice of permitting an instructor (but solely by mutual agreement between the College and such instructor) to teach, for a pro-rated stipend, a course that the College would have cancelled by reason of under-enrollment, such practice may continue, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit or negate it.

Equivalencies. For the purpose of assigning teaching workload to members of the bargaining unit pursuant to the provisions of this Article, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall mean not more than a fifty (50)-minute period nor less than a forty-five (45)-minute period of classroom instruction for one (1) fifteen (15)- or sixteen (16)-week semester or the equivalent (inclusive of weeks during which examinations are given) by a member of the bargaining unit in a lecture, recitation or seminar or such number of contact hours as is the equivalent of the same, as is hereinafter provided, in modes of instruction that require longer periods of time. (Whenever multiples, including fractional multiples, of such fifty (50)- minute 50)-minute periods are used at any UniversityCollege, a "semester hour of credit of instruction" shall, in any event, mean a forty-five (45)- to fifty (50)-minute component of such multiple or fractional multiple. (Lecture, recitation and seminar courses at Framingham State University College shall be deemed to carry four (4) semester hours of credit of instruction.) For the purposes of this Article, a "contact hour" shall mean a sixty (60)-minute period; provided, however, that when two (2) or more contact hours are scheduled consecutively for any mode of instruction that is measured with reference to contact hours, then the last contact hour so scheduled shall be a fifty (50)-minute period. Such equivalent modes shall be computed as follows: Mode of Instruction Contact Hours Equivalent to Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction Laboratory Instruction 1 0.67 MODE OF INSTRUCTION CONTACT HOURS RATIO TO SEMESTER HOURS OF CREDIT OF INSTRUCTION Physical Education: Activities Courses 2 1 0.50 Shop Instruction 1 0.67 3 2 Studio Instruction 1 0.67 3 2 Critique 1 1 Nursing/Allied Health Clinical 1 0.67 Number of Students per Course Semester Hours of Credit of Instruction 3 2 NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER COURSE Cooperative Education 6 1 0.17 Field Work Supervision and Internships 1 0.33 (6 credits) (3 credits) Independent and Directed Study (3 or 4 credits) 4 1 0.25 Independent and Directed Study (1 credit) 12 1 0.083 Teacher Education Practicum/Internship Supervision 1 0.50 Honors Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Graduate Thesis Supervision1 1 0.33 Course by Arrangement (3 or 4 credits) 4 1 0.3 Course by ArrangementArrangement (1 credit) 12 1 Teacher Education Practicum/Internship Supervision 2 1 Whenever at any College there exists, on the date of the execution of this Agreement, a practice of permitting an instructor (but solely by mutual agreement between the College and such instructor) to teach, for a pro-rated stipend, a course that the College would have cancelled by reason of under-enrollment, such practice may continue, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit or negate it.